“We’d like to make a pun about herbs, or fish, but this is neither the thyme nor the plaice.” A skeleton walks into a bar and says to the bartender “I’d like a pint and a mop.” People accuse … Continue reading →

The matron of a big Southern spread calls the local military base to send some soldiers for her next ball. “No Jews please.” When the trucks arrive out come twenty strapping African Americans. Horrified the woman calls the base: “There … Continue reading →

From my reading of Disgrace by JM Coetzee, the journal Nature and a couple of other things. Definitions by wikipedia, naturally. I think you can’t play frumious and get away with it. The others? Fill your boots!! Sodality In Christian … Continue reading →

Or “Wilfully “perverse” readings” Three great examples of the humour to be had at deliberate mis-reading. This review of “Jaws” This mash-up of “Terminator” as a RomCom <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/OfwQKapDMws?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen> And James Thurber’s “Macbeth Murder Mystery“